New Rochelle’s Parks

With estimate annual visitors of 25 million, Manhattan can very much stake the claim that its Central Park is the most visited city park in the entire United States. On the other hand, it does not mean that there is no room for competition. New Rochelle has its share of parks that can be worthy of your time.

The Hudson Park is regarded as the original landing place of the Huguenot settlers. If you have any doubts, see it for yourself. There is a granite boulder big enough to contain a number of bronze tablets solely to memorialize the said affair. For those who are not much of a fan of historical places, the park covers 13 acres of New Rochelle’s harbor front. It includes a beach, boathouse, greenhouses, and a few yacht clubs.

What do you get if you have a succession of islands connected by relatively undersized footbridges and pathways? You want another hint? It is ideal for all sorts of (land) sports. It also has hiking and camping facilities and a playground that can make any kid’s mouth water. Okay, time’s up. The answer is Five Islands Park.

The last park on the list is called the Twin Lakes Park. It doesn’t take a rock scientist to figure out why it is named as such since the park is mostly surrounded by two large reservoirs. It is a piece of heaven in earth to those who breathe for nature. The area is essentially 220 acres of marshlands, fields, ponds, woods, and, of course, the lakes.